Hainan Sun

5.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
102 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Hainan Sun is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hainan Sun has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 43 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 29 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hainan Sun's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (51 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (31 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (19 papers). Hainan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (51 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (31 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (19 papers). Hainan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and South Korea. Hainan Sun's co-authors include Zongping Shao, Wei Zhou, Xiaomin Xu, WooChul Jung, Hyunseung Kim, Yufei Song, Zhiwei Hu, Jie Dai, Ran Ran and Yinlong Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hainan Sun

98 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Electrochemical Water Splitting: Bridging the Gaps Between Fundamental Research and Industrial Applications

2022 413 citations Hainan Sun, Xiaomin Xu et al. profile →
Designing High‐Valence Metal Sites for Electrochemical Water Splitting

2021 350 citations Hainan Sun, Xiaomin Xu et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Synergistic dual-phase air electrode enables high and durable performance of reversible proton ceramic electrochemical cells

2024 98 citations Zuoqing Liu, Hainan Sun et al. Nature Communications profile →
Electrochemical Oxidation of Small Molecules for Energy‐Saving Hydrogen Production

2024 84 citations Hainan Sun, Xiaomin Xu et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →

Peers

Hainan Sun

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Xiao Liang China

Qiang Tan China

Hongfei Liu China

Jingjing Liu China

Hui Yang China

Weiyu Zhang China

Xiuwen Wang China

Ying Gu China

Lei Han China

Xiao Liang China

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2.7k ×0.9

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2.6k ×1.1

EEE

1.9k ×1.3

396 ×0.8

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432 ×1.1

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Countries citing papers authored by Hainan Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hainan Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hainan Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hainan Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hainan Sun. Hainan Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Minmin, et al.. (2025). Advances in Corrosion‐Resistant Metal‐Based Oxide Electrocatalysts for Seawater Electrolysis: Focus on Chlorine Mitigation Strategies. Small. 21(46). e08973–e08973. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Minmin, et al.. (2025). Mo‐Modified Transition Metal‐Based Ribbons for Electrochemical Water Splitting: Mechanisms, Design Strategies, and Applications. Small. 21(49). e09391–e09391.

Fei, Liangshuang, Chang Li, Hainan Sun, et al.. (2025). Regulating the Adsorption Strength of Urea on Transition Metal Oxide-Based Electrocatalysts for Accelerated Electrooxidation of Urea. Energy & Fuels. 39(25). 12235–12243. 1 indexed citations

Fei, Liangshuang, Hainan Sun, Yu Li, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in innovative systems for electrocatalytic hydrogen production. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(13). 6456–6529. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Hainan, Xiaomin Xu, Liangshuang Fei, Wei Zhou, & Zongping Shao. (2024). Electrochemical Oxidation of Small Molecules for Energy‐Saving Hydrogen Production. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(30). 84 indexed citations breakdown →

Sun, Hainan, Lili Li, Yahui Chen, et al.. (2024). Crystal structure optimization of copper oxides for the benzyl alcohol oxidation reaction. Chemical Communications. 60(56). 7224–7227. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Zuoqing, Hainan Sun, Daqin Guan, et al.. (2024). Synergistic dual-phase air electrode enables high and durable performance of reversible proton ceramic electrochemical cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 472–472. 98 indexed citations breakdown →

Sun, Hainan, Xiaomin Xu, Yufei Song, & Zongping Shao. (2024). Recent Progress in Sr₂Fe_1.5Mo_0.5O_6‐δ‐Based Multifunctional Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(51). 24 indexed citations

Song, Aiping, Zhiyong Guan, Xue Zhang, et al.. (2023). CmWRKY41 activates CmHMGR2 and CmFPPS2 to positively regulate sesquiterpenes synthesis in Chrysanthemum morifolium. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 196. 821–829. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Hainan, et al.. (2023). Quercus texana ‘Jin Fen Shi Jia’: A New Colored Landscape Tree. HortScience. 58(9). 1093–1094.

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Dong, Xiaoyun, et al.. (2023). ‘Chongtian’: A New Zelkova schneideriana cultivar. HortScience. 58(4). 465–466. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Hainan & Wei Zhou. (2021). Progress on X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Perovskite-Type Oxide Electrocatalysts. Energy & Fuels. 35(7). 5716–5737. 34 indexed citations

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Sun, Hainan, Bin Hu, Daqin Guan, et al.. (2020). Bulk and Surface Properties Regulation of Single/Double Perovskites to Realize Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reactivity. ChemSusChem. 13(11). 3045–3052. 39 indexed citations

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Chu, Shiyong, Daqin Guan, Hainan Sun, et al.. (2020). Fast cation exchange of layered sodium transition metal oxides for boosting oxygen evolution activity and enhancing durability. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(16). 8075–8083. 12 indexed citations

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Yue, Tongtao, Hongyu Zhou, Hainan Sun, et al.. (2019). Why are nanoparticles trapped at cell junctions when the cell density is high?. Nanoscale. 11(14). 6602–6609. 24 indexed citations

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Sun, Hainan, Xiaomin Xu, Gao Chen, et al.. (2019). Smart Control of Composition for Double Perovskite Electrocatalysts toward Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ChemSusChem. 12(23). 5111–5116. 49 indexed citations

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Sun, Hainan, Zhiwei Hu, Xiaomin Xu, et al.. (2019). Ternary Phase Diagram-Facilitated Rapid Screening of Double Perovskites As Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Chemistry of Materials. 31(15). 5919–5926. 31 indexed citations

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He, Juan, Yijun Zhong, Qing Xu, et al.. (2018). Nitrogen-Doped Graphic Carbon Protected Cu/Co/CoO Nanoparticles for Ultrasensitive and Stable Non-Enzymatic Determination of Glucose and Fructose in Wine. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 165(13). B543–B550. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Hainan, Gao Chen, Jaka Sunarso, et al.. (2018). Molybdenum and Niobium Codoped B-Site-Ordered Double Perovskite Catalyst for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(20). 16939–16942. 48 indexed citations

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Sun, Hainan, Gao Chen, Yinlong Zhu, et al.. (2017). B‐Site Cation Ordered Double Perovskites as Efficient and Stable Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(24). 5722–5728. 71 indexed citations

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